Campaigners gather outside Indian high commission to demand end to forced removal of children from global South ahead of G20 | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/h-lead-campaigners-gather-outside-indian-high-commission-demand-end-forced-removal-children

#Immigrants
#FamilyCourt
#ChildRemoval
#Poverty
#Disabilities

Colorado Becomes the First State to Limit Court Use of Family Reunification Camps
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A new bill restricts the use of reunification programs and requires domestic violence training for experts in custody cases. Lawmakers credit ProPublica’s reporting for exposing the need for reforms in the family court system.

#Colorado #Custody #Parents #Divorce #Kids #Courts Families #DomesticViolence #Reunification #FamilyCourt

https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-limits-court-use-of-family-reunification-camps?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

At the Sagar district court, involved Sonu Sharma and his wife Varsha Sharma reconciled.
#MPCouple #Brink #Divorce #Reconciles #FamilyCourt
https://www.news18.com/india/estranged-mp-couple-on-the-brink-of-divorce-reconciles-at-family-court-7884793.html

New blog post (I am rubbish at remembering to post these)
It’s about transcripts in #FamilyCourt, if you’re remotely interested…
https://www.pinktape.co.uk/public-funding/the-trans-debate-no-not-that-one/

Reporting Pilot extended to private law hearings (and other TIG news)
#FamilyCourt #OpenJustice #Transparency

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/reporting-pilot-extended-to-private-law-hearings-and-other-tig-news/

NEW: CA state Senator Susan Rubio reintroduces "Piqui's Law: Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence." The bill expands training for judges on domestic violence and child abuse and prevents courts from ordering reunification therapy.

#SanFrancisco #FamilyCourt #ChildAbuse

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/state-bill-to-keep-children-safe-in-custody-battles-passes-first-hurdle/

The ‘Psychology Service’ for family court cases that nobody seems to know about
Once you’ve read the post we’d really like to hear your thoughts. Did you know about the service? What do you think? What else do you want to know? #Transparency #FamilyCourt

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/the-psychology-service-for-family-court-cases-that-nobody-seems-to-know-about/

OK hear me out Peeps. I need your help 🙏 There's a miscarriage of #justice possibly about to happen in #australia

Long story but there are some good people caught up in a legal fight after they tried to help mothers 'abduct' their children to escape alleged abusive fathers.

https://quinnfamilylawyers.com.au/doctor-accused-of-financing-child-abductions-says-crimes-were-covered-up/

Their intentions were good but their method was clumsy and they unintentionally fell foul of the law. They will be standing trial in Brisbane on the 22nd of May and could go to jail.

One of the accused is one of my oldest friends, a GP who is one of the most kind and caring people I ever knew. He has spent his entire life giving and caring for others.

If these people are sent to jail it will be the cruelest travesty when what they did was with the best intention - protecting children.

So please, if you have followed this story, if you feel that you can help, please help them. There is a fund setup by the small group of supporters here:
https://www.paulrobertburton.com/protecting-children-and-grandchildren

Thank you so very much
Justin

#childabuse #familycourt #shelter #law

Why we hardly ever see published #FamilyCourt judgments
#Transparency #OpenJustice
https://transparencyproject.org.uk/why-we-hardly-ever-see-published-family-court-judgments/

Cardiff Family Drug & Alcohol Court – a snapshot
Brought to you by #LegalBlogger @familoo through the #FamilyCourt #ReportingPilot
#Transparency #OpenJustice

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/cardiff-family-drug-alcohol-court-a-snapshot/

The #FamilyCourt #Transparency Reporting Pilot: FAQs for legal bloggers

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/the-transparency-reporting-pilot-faqs-for-legal-bloggers/

Deprivation of Liberty and the black mirror

A post by Jack Harrison about Manchester City Council v. P (Refusal of restrictions on mobile phone) [2023] EWHC 133.

#FamilyCourt #transparency

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/deprivation-of-liberty-and-the-black-mirror/

Adoption targets marginalised women to snatch kids for £100k each
#Adoption
#Marginalized
#SupportNotSeparation
#SocialServices
#WinVisible
#FamilyCourt
#ForcedRemoval
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/03/01/a-protest-just-highlighted-how-adoption-is-the-state-sanctioned-forcible-removal-of-children-from-marginalised-women/

#RedFlag: It seems like everyone's a victim these days. Yes, some people who claim to have been victimized have objectively truly been harmed (not the #MyTruth truth, which are usually lies).

Unlike #ProfessionalVictims, these individuals don't build an identity (and a career) centered on being a #victim. They seek support, heal, get on with their lives and are capable of having healthy, functional relationships.

Furthermore, professional victims are often the actual aggressors in their relationships. So, when a new acquaintance, date, coworker, etc., launches into their tales of victimhood and grievances upon first meeting them, exercise caution. Switch off your empathy, and ask yourself why this stranger is telling you such intimate (and possibly false) details about their history.

Best case scenario, they're freshly out of a bad relationship and are vulnerable (and not yet relationship ready). Worst case scenario, they're sizing you up to be their next #NPD, #HPD, #BPD happy meal.

Give people who do the following a VERY wide berth and don't share anything too personal with them (i.e., keep it superficial and arm's length):

1) Makes money from victimhood claims (especially absent any criminal complaints/convictions of the alleged perp).

2) Brags about being able to wallpaper their living rooms with restraining orders against multiple former partners. In this case, the restraining orders are trophies of the many exes they've abused.

3) Is an “influencer”/seeks followers and attention from being a victim.

4) Trashes their supposed #narcissist ex(es) online while taking support money and refusing to get an actual job. Extra caution points if they're continuously back in #FamilyCourt trying to take custody away from their ex over objectively stupid shit. For example, not replying to their #HighConflictDivorce name-calling, demands to ignore/violate the custody order at will and other petty dramas.

5) Still identifies as a victim and hates their ex with the same venomous intensity years after the relationship has ended. Non-#PersonalityDisorder people are able to eventually let go of their hurt, anger and resentment and move on.

If you choose to ignore these warning signs, odds are you'll become the professional victim's next victim.

#AbuseHasNoGender #histrionic #borderline #AmberHeard #DumbPrinceAndHisStupidWife #MeghanMarkle

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be with

#OgdenNash (1902 – 1971)
#FamilyCourt

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be with

#OgdenNash (1902 – 1971)
#FamilyCourt

One would be in less danger
From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be with

#OgdenNash (1902 – 1971)
#FamilyCourt

Look familiar, anyone? What triggers this #bodylanguage in your #narcissist, #borderline or #histrionic partner/ex uses?

Being told no?
Not getting her/his way?
Being exposed and getting a smackdown in #FamilyCourt?
Having their alternate reality and lies challenged?
Being held #accountable?

If you don't back down or conform to their wishes, what would happen/happens next?

#AbuseHasNoGender

For her own good – a family court judge authorises the deprivation of a young person’s liberty

#LegalBlog from the #FamilyCourt #ReportingPilot by Lucy Reed

https://transparencyproject.org.uk/for-her-own-good-a-family-court-judge-authorises-the-deprivation-of-a-young-persons-liberty/

#BIFF communication is an important part of #ParallelParenting with a #narcissist, #borderline or #histrionic ex. In case you haven’t noticed, the #BPD, #NPD, #HPD parent frequently uses tests, emails, #OurFamilyWizard and/or #TalkingParents messages to #lie, #gaslight, #project, #BlameShift, make #FalseAllegations of #abuse and build a performative #VictimNarrative for the #FamilyCourt judge, #GAL, #CustodyEvaluators, #Coparenting therapists, #ParentalCoordinators, etc.

It can be difficult not to fall into a lengthy #JADE (justify, argue, defend, explain) reply. Even though the judge and other court remora are supposed to review all documentation, many of them don’t. Especially when you and the ex have generated multiple file boxes of endless messages documenting your respective dysfunction. (JADE-ing is dysfunctional).

Not responding to lies, false allegations, bullshit victim narratives, #DARVO and the recounting of incidents or things the kids allegedly tell the #ClusterB parent that the BPD/NPD/HPD distorts/takes out of context can be extremely anxiety provoking for clients. And understandably so.

For example, oftentimes, before a client can get a temporary custody order from the court, #Crazy will either refuse to let clients have time with the kids or refuse to agree to a regular custody schedule. Instead, Crazy changes exchange days and times at will, making it near impossible for the other parent to plan and for everyone (except Crazy) to know where the kids will be day-to-day (including the kids). Whatever Crazy’s intention, the result is chaos, uncertainty, unpredictably and drama, which is Crazy’s jam.

Recently, a client’s ex told the children’s therapist that son is always asking her “How many days until I have to go back to dad’s?” claiming he has a lot of anxiety about having to leave her to go to dad’s. In reality, the kids were also asking dad about the custody schedule because there wasn’t a temporary custody schedule for 9 months (because Crazy refused and it took that long to get in front of a judge). Kids and dad didn’t know what the schedule would be because Crazy would demand exchanges a day early than originally agreed, extend the stays with her indefinitely, refuse to let dad take the kids to activities if she couldn’t tag along (including Father’s Day). Like I said, CRAZY.

Let’s break down what happened here.

1) Crazy creates the problem (refusing to agree to a regular custody schedule) and no one knows where the kids will be week to week.

2) Kids are confused/anxious and ask both parents questions.

3) Dad is walking a fine line of reassuring the kids and not “trashing” mom by telling the kids the truth that Crazy #ControlFreak mom won’t agree to the schedule. Instead, he tries to reassure them that he and mom are working on it.

4) Crazy then takes the kids confusion and anxiety THAT SHE CREATED by refusing to be reasonable and put the kids’ best interests ahead of her pathological need to control and says, “Aha! The kids have high anxiety about going to dad’s”

And that’s how the crazy sausage is made.

Therefore, it IS important to respond to the lies, distortions and half-truths that Crazy spews like a 24/7 bullshit factory. However, you do that directly to the judge, evaluator, GAL, etc. Or rather, your attorney lays it out for the court remora if they won’t listen to you, the penis parent.

Dispelling Crazy’s lies point by point and writing will only net you more lies and performative victim playing in writing. And then the court apparatchik have even more word diarrhea to not read/get it backwards that you and Crazy are both the problem.

A BIFF reply to Crazy to this type of nonsense is, “I remember the conversation/meeting/incident differently.” Or, I rather like Queen Elizabeths response to the Markle’s lies, “Recollections may vary.” Arguing facts and objective reality with Crazy is like mud wrestling with a pig. They enjoy it and you end up covered in slime.

#AbuseHasNoGender